Italian edit

Etymology edit

From abit(are) +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /a.biˈtan.te/
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Hyphenation: a‧bi‧tàn‧te

Participle edit

abitante (plural abitanti)

  1. present participle of abitare: inhabiting

Noun edit

abitante m or f by sense (plural abitanti)

  1. inhabitant
    • mid 1300smid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XX”, in Inferno [Hell]‎[1], lines 82–84; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎[2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      Quindi passando la vergine cruda
      vide terra, nel mezzo del pantano,
      sanza coltura e d’abitanti nuda.
      Passing that way the virgin pitiless land in the middle of the fen descried, untilled and naked of inhabitants.
  2. denizen
  3. occupant

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Further reading edit

  • abitante in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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